Its all coming out like apple pie and vanilla ice cream, it just goes together perfectly!

During the in-between times waiting for stuff to set up and the red dog to silently attack and seize my body filler file, I took to sanding. I am using an orbital at 120psi on the fast setting and 120 grit. That black rust converter stuff I put on a year or two ago is like iron and a living bear to get off. But with time and determination it will yield!

And right out of the door is this sad sight...The Chevy. It sits there totally destroyed! It has some dirt on it rendering it unserviceable forever more. I will likely have to have it towed away and crushed, or washed. I'll have to sort through that difficult thought process. What a shame to see it is such deplorable condition!

That was all I had time for today. Spent the morning fixing web site stuff. We had some "bot" attack our site which shut it down for awhile. I made some calls, sent some emails and spent some money and we were back in business, but I lost the time.

Body work ..... only thing worse is wiring LoL I envy your skills and your patience. It's looking darn good. You also reminded me I need to track down a decent hood for our truck...I must have one somewhere with no hail dents in it.

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Are you a prepper? "No, whats a prepper? I am just a mildly OCD farmer"

Body work ..... only thing worse is wiring LoL I envy your skills and your patience. It's looking darn good. You also reminded me I need to track down a decent hood for our truck...I must have one somewhere with no hail dents in it.

I had gotten a run in the front of the hood after the first coat. I employed an old painter's trick. Take some masking tape and slowly lay it on the run and blot it gently. Usually you can lift most of the run off since it stands taller than the surrounding paint.

I did it and darned if it didn't work somewhat. It's not perfect, but I am not seeking perfect here. I just want a quality paint job and a cammo color that is flat and blends with the background. I wanted a "serviceable" paint job, nothing more.

Really looking spiffy! Going outta pocket for next few days at a Liberal......er' Teachers Convention......so I'll be looking in regularly for a dose of normalcy and maybe an occasional cold and prickly moment for anyone looking over my shoulder at some pictures of Trucks and Assault Weapons! ;)

Oh the hood and fender paint is still not dry enough to work with. It is not all that great. Looking at it, you can see imperfections all over. I mean that metal is anything but flat. If you stand off a few feet, it's OK, but up close I am only satisified that the metal is covered and subdued in a non reflective paint

The topside of the cowl got a different treatment. Trailing off from the bottom of the windshield, I coated the topside with truck bed liner then chased that with a layer of the Blitz Black from John Deere

I want no reflectivity and I am considering painting the raised part of the hood in semi gloss black as well for the same reasons

On to the rear electrical stuff. Remember that LED work light I installed awhile ago? Well I fashioned up a switch panel for it. I am switching the ground so the hot wire will run on top all tucked away

About then the chain gang working on the inside of my stomach got a bit too loud...I had skipped lunch! So it was off to the shower and stove so I could assume my duties as a mom (Which I am very poor at)